Lazar LaPenna, a fourth-grade student in Long Beach, N.Y., died during his Little League baseball game on Friday, per Newsday.
LaPenna’s cause of death has not been released. Andy Hayes, the president of the Long Beach/Lido Little League says the cause was not baseball-related.
“The community is heartbroken,” Hayes said following the incident. “[His parents] and their extended families have been a huge part of the Long Beach community for generations. We are all mourning the tragic loss of Lazar together with them.”
The young boy got a hit during the game, which Hayes said made LaPenna “elated.